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AWNING. No. 333,569. Patented Jan. 5, 1886.

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AWNING. No. 333,569. Patented Jan. 5,1886.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. STONEMAN, OF ALBANY, NEV YORK.

AWNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333.569, dated January 5, 1886.

Application filed April 17, 1885.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. STONEMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Awnings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in awnings in which the halyards of the same cooperate with the awning-frame for effecting a folding and unfolding of the awning at will, and also co-operate with the awning-frame and a sleeve-catch for holding the frame from being lifted, and for releasing said frame preparatory to its being folded.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide halyards by which the frame will be held from raising; second, to provide,with the awning-frame, certain devices which will be automatically operated to hold the frame from rising at its rear ends, and to release the same, so as to allow a vertical movement of the same while the awning is being folded up and, third, to combine with the halyards, and with the frame, and with both specific means for locking and unlocking the frame of the awning at will, so that the latter will be held stationary in all its parts until intentionally folded by an operator. I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in two sheets, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the awning (in dottedlines) and the awning-frame, and the improvements in this invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of theframeway, heel end of the frame, and devices for locking and unlocking said heel end. Fig. 3 is aview of the same from its rear side, and Fig. 4 is a view of the same from above. y

The same letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the several views.

A is the casing ofthe window to which my improved awning is applied.

B is the awning outlined by dotted lines in Fig. 1, which awning can be made of any suitable fabric.

C is the frame of the awning, and is made of iron rod bent, with arms c c and front bar, c', formed substantially as shown.

D D are coupling-ears secured to the heel Serial No. 162,721. (No model.)

ends of arms c c of frame C. These couplingears are each pierced with a screw-threaded hole in its outer end,and connects byascrewthread with said arms, as shown in Fig. 4.

E E are sleeves perforated vertically and provided each with ears e e, receiving eard of coupling-ear D, to which ears e are pivoted by bolt e', or equivalent device.

F F are brackets, holding with the lower end of ways G G, and secured to the windowcasing by screws.

H H are the upper end way-brackets, secured by screws to the casing, and holding with the upper ends of ways G G.

The upper end of lower bracket F is made with a socket, (indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3,) for receiving the lower end of way G, and has made with it, all around, (exceptin g on its rear side,) thecircular form catchkeeper g, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. This form of keeper g enables me to use the same bracket applied to the face side of casing A, or to a side surface, which is at an angle to the face of the casing, as may be required, and operate in either case substantially the same. This keeper is made with its sides s daring outwardly and downwardly, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and has its lower or catching side, s', made with a straight line of surface projecting horizontally from the neck of said bracket, as shown in the same figures.

Sleeves E are made with right andleft hand sides of form to be used oppositely, and are each provided (on their inner or facing sides) with ears m, and pivoted with these ears is lever I, having on its lower end hook a, and having itslupper limb made with an incline surface, i. This lever is held in position (shown in Fig. 3) by means of spring o, between sleeve E and the upper limb of said lever. When these sleeves E are down to the lower ends of their respective ways G, and resting on the upper ends of brackets F, their respective levcr-catches will engage with the respective keepers g made with said brackets, their springs o operating to hold the hook ends n in engagement with said keepers, as shown, and whether these brackets are secured to the face of the casing or to a surface at an angle with such face, these lever-catches will readily engage with their respective keepers and hold IOO these sleeves from raising, and through the coupling-ears D, hinged with said sleeves, hold the heel or rear ends of the arms of frame C from being raised by accident or otherwise, eXvept at the will of an operator.

Made with or secured to coupling-ears D are thetripping-fingers q, arranged on the side of said couplingears correspondingly with the sides of the sleeves, to which the lever-catches are pivoted. The lower side of the outer end portions of these tripping fingers are eac-h made with an inclined lower surface, r, as shown in Fig. 4, and this inclined surface r is relatively on a line with the lower dip of in` oline z' of the upper limb of the lever-catches I, as shown in the same figure. When frame O on the coupling-ears D is turned up from a horizontal position shown by full lines in Fig. 2 to that of dotted lines in the same figure, this tripping-finger q will be carried to and over the upper end of the lever-catch, and its inclined surface r will be made to ride up on the inclined surface i of said catch and force the upper limb of said lever-catch down, and raise its hook or catch end n out of engagement with keeper g made with bracket F, when sleeve Fl will be released from its holding down to said bracket, and will be free to be raised upward on way G. The ways Gare made with a length above lower bracket F sufficient to permit sleeves E to raise upward to a distance which will allow the bar c of frame C to fold up to about or near a line with the top of the awning.

In the old mode of arrangement and form of halyards, the force of wind will move the lower portion of the awning upward, as the outer portion of frame C is free to swing upward from its hinge-joiut with the sleeve, and the latter is free to rise and fall on ways G, and, as aconsequence, the awning-cover would flap more or less in the wind, and the movements of the sleeves on their ways would produce disagreeable sounds and also wear both the sleeves and the ways.

In this invention Iemploy an endless double halyard, in which one of them, a, connects at its beginning with bar c' of the frame C, and is extended upward to bulls-eye b, and passes thence horizontally along the top to double bulls-eye b2, and passing through the upper eye of the same it is run vertically downward to bulls-eye b2, and thence horizontally to the opposite side of the casing to bullseye b3,and thence upward, to its point of beginning, where it is secured to bar c of frame C. The other halyard, a, commences at bar e', at the end opposite from point of attachment of halyard a, and is extended upward to bulls-eye b', and passing through the lower eye of the same it is passed down parallel with the vertical portion of halyard a to double bulls-eye b2, and passing through the forward eye in the same it is run forward and upward to bar c', to its point of beginning and there secured.

By the above-described mode of combining and arranging these endless halyards with the frame and the several bullseyes., 'I am enabled, by the use of a suitable cleat forbelaying these halyards, to so securely hold down the outer end of the frame and the awning that they will not be raised by the force of winds. V

J is a cleat arranged and secured relatively horizontally across the casingpiece. This cleat is employed for taking up the slack of the parallel portion of the halyards after they are-stretched by use or weather, or both. Small rings t, secured to the awning-cover and receiving the halyards, hold the cover from shifting laterally. Rings secured to the upper end of the awning-cover and secured to4 hooks xed with the top crosspiece of the casing hold the upper end of the awning-cover.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. In awnings, the combination, with frame C, hinged to sleeves E, having ears m, and the lever I, .provided with hook n, of bracket F, having catch-keeper g, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In an awning, the combination, with a frame which is hinged to sleeves working on vertical ways secured to the easing, of a levercatch pivoted to said sleeves, a keeper secured to a stationary piece attached to the casing,

and a tripping-nger secured to the arms ofthe frame for operation with said lever-catch, substantially as and for the purposes and operations set forth.

3. In an awning, the combination, with frame C, hinged by ear-couplings D to sleeves E, provided with tripping-fingers q, secured to said couplings, of the ways E, keepers g, spring-lever catch I, pivoted with sleeves G, substantially as and for the purposes and operations set forth.

4. The sleeve E, provided with ears m m, and lever-catch I, supported by a spring operating to throw the hook of said lever-catch .toward a keeper, and provided with ears e e,

for hinging with an arm of an awning-frame, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

5. The ear-coupling D,provided with tongue or ear d, and provided with a screw-threaded perforation in its upper end, and having the trippingnger q made on one side thereof and adapted to exert pressure on alever-latch pivoted to the sleeve to which this earcoupling piece is hinged for operating the same for release from a keeper secured to the casing of a window, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. The way-bracket F, provided with means for attachment to a casing, and having in itsV upper end a socket for receiving the lower end f .a way, and provided with a keeper, g, at its upper end for holding a lever-latch working on the way held by this bracket, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

7. The combination, with way Gand bracket H, of bracket F, provided with keeper g, and lever-latch I, pivoted to a sleeve working on IOO IIO

said ways,snbstantially as and for the purposes of the lever-latches I, hinged each to a sleeve, set forth. and the tripping-fingers q, secured to the heel 8. In an awning, the combination, with the ends of said frame, and halyards a a, and their hinged frame C and bnlls-eyes b b3, double coaoting bulls-eyes b b 1')2 b3, above described, I 5 5 bulls-eyes b b2, of the endless double halyards all substantially as and for the purposes set a a', arranged and connected with said frame forth. and said bull s-eyes, substantially as and for the purposes and operations set forth. VILLIAM J' STONEMAN 9. In an awning, the combination, with Witnesses: 1o frame C, hinged to sleeves E, Working on CEAS. T. SHEPARD,

ways G, and keepers g, secured to the easing, CHARLES SELKIRK. 

